Crude-oil separator-column.



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Application filed Qcober 7, i314. Serial No. 865,1552.

To all #117mm t may eri/worn Be it known tint We, CARLOS E. SAMr-sor und iVnrfinn iioons, citizens of the United, States, residing ai ShaleF in the county of' ern and Stute of California, have invented new und useful improvements in Crude-'Uil Soparntor-Columns, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention reiutes to eriuie oil separar` tor eohunns und it consists in he'novei features hereinafter describeciL und claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide means for efic-ientiy separating gas from crude oil in order ihnt the gus muy subsequen-ziy he condensed. into liquid form.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure L :i rei-idool sociionoi view of he separaor eoinmn. Fig. 2 is u horizonai seetionai View of the separator Column. 8 is detailed sectional View `jhrough one of the puns of the separator ooiumn.

Supported within he body of ih@ separator column 2 is n series of separating pans 'l5 and :is these puns are of die suine for; und design a descripion of one will answer. The pans l5 are preferabijy circuler in form und are spaced from he side Weils of 'he separator 2 and supported. upon bracket-s 16 attached to the sido Walls of *ehe said separa,- tor bodyn Each pan is provided in its top with u cenrai (mening 17 anci in its noitoin with u @entrai opening. The top of the pun l5 is further provided wih a @ep ession 'i9 which surrounds 'the opening l? and Arho top of the pan is provided fr?, the bottom of the depression i9 with a series o openings The bottom of 1the .pa-n i5 is provideci with nn annuinr epression 121i. which surrounds the opening; i8 and the hoi/fom 'of he pan is provii'ieci she hotorn of the Suid depression wiih :i series oi openings 2Q.

An inver'eii perforated pan 'is iocneri within the pan l5 und rests :it its edge upon the bottom of the nun 15. ryEhe upper portion oi the inverted non 23 is in 'poseer between the openings 1'? und tne pan i5, The ischurge ens of rire nom/fies 14 are @iiiposeci uhove und eiightiy wihin he iepression i9 ma the uppermost pun i5. T openings 2O of he pan :ire disposoi approxi mately verticniiy :Above die fiepression Qi of he nextV ndjeen iower pen. A pipe 'Z4 passes trensverseiy' i'irouffh ihe side oi the body of the seimrucoz' 2 mi hrough the side of "the adjacent pun 'i5 und ie provided :it ii?, inner end with :i ring 25 which is eoncenrr ceiiy nosiioned with eeion to me and The ring; is prorideu "wie Wurdiy und @inwardly disyoseei i se openings 2G direeiieoi owaro ehe u Vterineilizite portion of ehe pun 23 'A the openings Q0 in `he pon l5. is provided with perforation?, as Weil as in its iop ne dee-.riff shown i of the drawing 'pipe 2i versely through the sifies of 'iii and aiso passes ihren the iower the pans l5 and is provieoi -i'i ooii. which is ocaied in the depressione o.

poser e e pin l5. W hen the erueie oii. *"3- tne sepainor 2 through fne xnnteriui is diidefi by the n" small stre-unis and is periniriieei in into fshe @repression 1-9 or" *'he i 15. une perheated steam or i steam is passed hrough ring 25 and from "sheopeni i.

mixture of air und steam is dir Warcily toward the upper renie ion of the inverted pun gas which is re eifed in the depressi the uppermost pan passes flown t! opening 20 in the top or Jruhe of a thin curtain and. eonseqi ir ene er1 rorin the outer porion of passes 'ahrough the up-p 23 While ighe iiquiri oii n 'the sic/es he pan @nl fr pressions 21 in the "botto i. The gus hus separare-ci froi through he upper 'pori-ion oiv up un oneA through "the een in the pen 15 initio ti e opp body Q and is then d assed 'pipe 7. `When the iiouio imo ihe depression l.

passing ihrough ihe coi'1 Q 2i" @i off heat which ton y oli and consequently a further seem ("5 7"* 1 eiiecied. ,ihe gres rises uno ihe inverte@ non Z3 and our, mrough izhe opening 17 es Lereinhe'fore describe@ Wiiiie 19@ the iiquii oii rirons into 'he e ire 1? of 'she neii; oriioining min 'i5 operation ju i, above riesen," This son; inion muy oe eoniinum urzitor coiunin :is en ne; i

fore it Wiil imi a s provided which 1s efieien'b i and which eiiectually separates the gos from crude oil.

Having described the invention what is claimed is l.` A separator column comprising e body having outlets at its upper und lower portions, means for admitting oil and into the upper portion of the body, :i pan located in the body and provided in its top with t depression and having :in opening `which is surrounded by said depression, said pan also having at the bottoni of the seid depression openings, the oil admitting means adapted t0 deposit oil in the said depression, seid pan having in its bottoni :i central opening surrounded by n depression and provided nt x pression having in its bottom openings, said nozzles being disposed above said depressions, seid pan having `in its bottom o eentrai opening siiirrounded by et depression und provided at the bottom of the last inentioned depression with openings, means for admitting fluid pressure into the pan, means for heating the aren inclosed within the demeneer) pression in the bottom oi the pan., and an inverted perforated pan located' in the first mentioned pan sind resting at its edge upon the bottom thereof and having an intermediate portion located below the openings in the i'liepressions in the top of the first mentioned pan.

3. A separator eolumn comprising a body, means i'or admitting oil into the body, s pan located in the body and having in its top e central opening with :i depression surroundsnid opening and provided at the bottom of smid depression With openings, said pzinvheving in its bottom i central opening with n depression surrounding the last mentioned opening .find having at the bottoni of the :ist mentioned depression openings, en inverted perforated pon located in the first mentioned pun and having' :in intermediate portion located below the openings in the deiisipssiiin in the top oit' the first mentioned pon7^ niezins 'for admitting tinid pressure Vinto the inverted perforated pfui and adopted to liberate the sinne toward lthe upper inter mediate portion of the smid perforated pan und ineens for conducting i heating iluid through the lower portion of the first inentioned pan.

in testimony whereoil .we affix our signae tures in presence o't tivo Witnesses.

CARLOS E. SAMPSON. lVALlllR VUDS. rVitn esses 1 (l. G. Noemi, Gino. ivlomooii. 

